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DETRECT, v.t. [L.] To refuse. [Not in use.]
DETRIMENT, n. [L., worn off.] Loss; damage; injury; mischief; harm; diminution. ...
DETRIMENTAL, a. Injurious; hurtful; causing loss or damage. A spirit of speculat...
DETRITION, n. [L.] A wearing off.
DETRITUS, n. [L., worn; to wear.] In geology, a mass of substances worn off or d...
DETRUDE, v.t. [L., to thrust.] To thrust down; to push down with force.
DETRUDED, pp. Thrust or forced down.
DETRUDING, ppr. Thrusting or forcing down.
DETRUNCATE, v.t. [L., to cut shorter; cut short. See Trench .] To cut off; to lo...
DETRUNCATION, n. The act of cutting off.
DETRUSION, n. s as z. [See Detrude .] The act of thrusting or driving down.
DETURPATE, v.t. [L.] To defile. [Little used.]
DEUCE, n. Two; a card with two spots; a die with two spots; a term used in gamin...
DEUTEROGAMIST, n. [infra.] One who marries the second time.
DEUTEROGAMY, n. [Gr., second; marriage.] A second marriage after the death of th...
DEUTERONOMY, n. [Gr., second; law.] The second law, or second giving of the law ...